This Week In Cougar Athletics

Home Schedule – Friday
Women’s Basketball – vs. Mount Royal, 6:00 PM (CKHS)
Men’s Hockey – vs. Mount Royal, 7:00 PM (The Co-operators Centre)
Men’s Basketball – vs. Mount Royal, 8:00 PM (CKHS)

Home Schedule – Saturday
Men’s Hockey – vs. Mount Royal, 3:00 PM (The Co-operators Centre)
Women’s Basketball – vs. Mount Royal, 6:00 PM (CKHS)
Men’s Basketball – vs. Mount Royal, 8:00 PM (CKHS)

Away Schedule – Tuesday
Women’s Wrestling – at Providence, 4:00 PM (Great Falls, Mont.)
Women’s Wrestling – vs. Southern Oregon, 4:30 PM (Great Falls, Mont.)

Away Schedule – Friday
Women’s Volleyball – at Saskatchewan, 6:00 PM (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Women’s Hockey – at Mount Royal, 7:00 PM MST (Calgary, Alta.)
Men’s Volleyball – at Saskatchewan, 8:00 PM (Saskatoon, Sask.)

Away Schedule – Saturday
Women’s Hockey – at Mount Royal, 3:00 PM MST (Calgary, Alta.)
Women’s Volleyball – at Saskatchewan, 6:00 PM (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Men’s Volleyball – at Saskatchewan, 8:00 PM (Saskatoon, Sask.)

Women’s Basketball (U SPORTS Ranking: No. 3) – The Cougars open up 2018 at home after a successful first half of the season that saw them put up an 18-2 overall record against U SPORTS opposition, a 9-1 Canada West record, and the second-best RPI in the conference. Regina will host Mount Royal (0-10) this Friday and Saturday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport with games scheduled for 6:00 both nights.

Men’s Basketball – Fresh off a non-conference tournament in which the Cougars played three NJCAA schools, the team returns to the Canada West schedule with a pair of conference games against Mount Royal (5-5). The Cougars head into the second half of conference play with a 7-3 record and currently hold the second-best RPI in Canada West. The all-Cougars matchup is set for 8:00 on both Friday night and Saturday night at the CKHS.

Men’s Hockey – Sticking with this weekend’s Regina vs. Mount Royal theme, the two Cougars squads will match up in both genders on the ice as well. The men’s teams will play in Regina this weekend at The Co-operators Centre with games set for 7:00 on Friday night and 3:00 for Saturday’s matinee. This weekend is a wonderful opportunity for the U of R to climb right back into the Canada West playoff race – a pair of regulation victories would pull Regina to within one point of MRU, which currently occupies the conference’s sixth and final postseason berth.

Women’s Hockey – The Cougars (6-8-1-1) will head to Calgary this weekend to kick off the second half of the Canada West schedule with two road games against Mount Royal (3-11-2-0). Regina, which currently sits in sixth place in the conference standings, will face off against MRU at 7:00 on Friday night and 3:00 on Saturday afternoon at the Flames Community Arena.

Women’s Volleyball – Locked in a four-way tie for the eighth and final Canada West postseason spot, the Cougars (5-7) return to conference play this weekend with two critical road matches against Saskatchewan. Regina will be taking on a Huskies team that’s in seventh place in the Canada West standings at 6-6 and has won three consecutive conference matches. Match time is set for 6:00 on both Friday night and Saturday night.

Men’s Volleyball – The Cougars went 2-3 at the Wesmen Classic last week, defeating OUA teams Ryerson and Western on their way to a sixth-place finish at the non-conference tournament. Regina (1-11) will now turn its attention back to the Canada West schedule as the Cougars head up to Saskatoon to play Saskatchewan (3-9) on both Friday and Saturday. First serve is scheduled for 8:00 on both nights.

Wrestling (U SPORTS Women’s Ranking: No. 4 / U SPORTS Men’s Ranking: No. 9) – The women’s team returns to the mats on Tuesday with duals in Great Falls, Mont. against a pair of NAIA schools. They’ll square off with host Providence at 4:00 PM and then will take on Southern Oregon immediately following the first dual. Both the men’s and the women’s team will participate in the Golden Bear Invitational next weekend.